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Nghi Vo
Born (1981-12-04) December 4, 1981 (age 43)
Peoria, Illinois
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Genre
Years active2007–present
Website
nghivo.com

Nghi Vo is an American author of short stories, novellas, and a novel.[1]

Biography

Vo was born in Peoria, Illinois, where she lived until attending college at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[2] Vo now lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Michigan.[1]

Vo’s first published short story was “Gift of Flight” in 2007, after which she published a number of short stories in various media. In 2020 Vo published the novellas The Empress of Salt and Fortune, which won the Hugo Award for Best Novella[3] and the 2021 IAFA Crawford Award,[4] and was a Locus, and Ignyte Award finalist. It was followed by the sequel When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain. The two novellas together are part of 'The Singing Hills Cycle'. Her debut novel The Chosen and the Beautiful was published in 2021.[5] The Empress of Salt and Fortune won the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novella.[6]

Bibliography

Novellas

Novels

  • The Chosen and the Beautiful (2021)

References

  1. ^ a b "Nghi Vo Bio". Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Nghi Vo Locus Interview". Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  3. ^ 2021 Hugo Awards, by Mike Glyer, at File 770, published December 18, 2021; retrieved December 18, 2021
  4. ^ "IAFA Crawford Award Winners". Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "Nghi Vo Bibliography". Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2021.